BIOGRAPHY

Moish Sokal was born during the Israeli War of Independence to artistic parents who encouraged his talents. He grew up in a beachside town of the port city of Haifa

At 20 he left his family to settle in Sydney, Australia when he married his first wife.

He studied Graphic Art and Design at Sydney Technical College and worked as a Graphic Designer and Illustrator for the next 20 years. However, he frequently left the commercial world to travel and paint, mainly in Third-world countries, but also visiting Israel and England with his Somerset-born second wife.

The Sokals came to live in England in 1990. Since then Sokal has had many one-man exhibitions, the most recent being his record breaking show "Reflections" in the Meeting House Arts Centre.

Moish Sokal has two daughters, Liat, a performing artist, who lives in Byron Bay and Rachel a Photographer who lives in Bristol. Moish and Prue Biddle, a designer jeweller. live in Norton sub Hamdon, Somerset.